Day 2

Day 2: Emergence and distribution of print texts

• Review of Journal Prompt for tomorrow
  • Describing
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Writing samples in Google Docs
• WriteLab
  • Introduction video
• Break
• Discussion of "From Pencils to Pixels" and "The Machine That Made Us"

	Before the Printing Press	After the Printing Press
How was knowledge distributed?	Clergy, scripture -- they would share	It became easier for people to get their own copies of the Bible
Who held power and controlled reading and writing?	Filtered through the vision/work of the church Gutenberg needed money to make the press	Universities were beginning to flourish Schooling began in formal way

• Debate on Print vs Digital Textbooks
  • The Allure of the Print Book by Nick Bilton
  • Procon.org: Should Tablets Replace Textbooks?

For Tomorrow:

• Post your journal response to your Google Doc before 5:00 PM
• Read: Interactive Timeline of Mass Media and Major Events in the History of Mass Communications
• View: Gilmour, A Brief History of Media (5 min)